Anuket
아누켓
EgyptianAncient Egypt
"Goddess of the Nile and Nourishment"
✦ Personality Traits
✦ About
Anuket is the goddess of the Nile River, particularly the cataracts and the annual inundation that brought fertile soil to Egypt. She personifies the rushing waters that nourished civilization, wearing a headdress of feathers representing the river's flow.
Worshipped especially in Nubia and at Elephantine, Anuket was called upon to ensure good floods—neither too little nor too destructive. She embodied the life-giving generosity of the river upon which all Egypt depended.
Anuket represents the nourishing flow of life, the abundance that comes from natural cycles, and the gratitude owed to forces that sustain us.
✦ Famous Story
Each year when the Nile began to rise, Egyptians celebrated the Festival of Anuket, casting offerings into the river and thanking her for the flood's gifts. Her waters carried the black soil that made Egypt the breadbasket of the ancient world.
✦ If You Match
Your features carry the nourishing grace of Anuket. There is generous flow in your appearance—the look of one who brings abundance and sustains others with life-giving generosity.
